{"id":25384,"date":"2020-05-12T07:09:07","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T11:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/?p=25384"},"modified":"2022-10-11T16:58:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T16:58:47","slug":"review-a-secret-for-a-secret-by-helena-hunting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2020\/05\/12\/review-a-secret-for-a-secret-by-helena-hunting\/","title":{"rendered":"Review \u2764\ufe0f A Secret for a Secret by Helena Hunting"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-25384\" data-postid=\"25384\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-25384 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_row themify_builder_row tb_bbbcac8 tb_first tf_w tf_clearfix\">\n\t    \t\t\t<div class=\"row_inner gutter-narrow col_align_top tb_col_count_2 tf_box tf_rel\">\n\t\t            <div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col3-1 tb_49667e8 first\">\n                                                        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n                        <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_7036296 rounded drop-shadow customBorderRad_top image-center auto_fullwidth tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/a-secret-for-a-secret-helena-hunting-1-scaled.jpg?w=640\" title=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f A Secret for a Secret by Helena Hunting\" alt=\"Review \u2764\ufe0f A Secret for a Secret by Helena Hunting\">\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \t<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_a1982ef customBorderRad_bottom repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">My name is Ryan Kingston, and I\u2019m a rule follower. I\u2019ve never been in a fistfight. I always obey the speed limit. I don\u2019t get drunk, and I definitely don\u2019t pick up random women at bars.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Except the night I found out that my whole existence has been a lie.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">I got drunk. And picked up a stranger.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Her name was Queenie, and she was everything I\u2019m not: reckless, impulsive, and chaotic. We did shots and traded secrets. And ended up naked at my place.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">She left me a thank-you note in the morning and her panties as a parting gift. But no way to contact her.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Six weeks later I\u2019m sitting in the first official team meeting of the season, and there she is. I neglected to mention that I\u2019m the goalie for Seattle\u2019s NHL team.<\/span><\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">And Queenie? 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Every book stands on its own but brings the series further along. I eagerly await each addition.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Queenie<\/strong> holds a lot insecurities from her childhood. Her mother was flighty and left her to be raised by her father. His career in sports got derailed but he became the general manager of Seattle\u2019s hockey team. Queenie takes after her mother; she is the wildcard and depends heavily on her father. After losing her job, it looks like she will be leaning on him again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hockey player <strong>Ryan King<\/strong> discovered his life isn\u2019t what it has always appeared to be. Pretending to drown out his sorrows, he meets Queenie. They share a secret for a secret and the next thing he knows he shares a wild night of sex.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Queenie\u2019s new job lands her in another situation but unfortunately daddy won\u2019t be able to help her out. 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I\u2019ve never been in a fistfight. I always obey the speed limit. I don\u2019t get drunk, and I definitely don\u2019t pick up random women at bars.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Except the night I found out that my whole existence has been a lie.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I got drunk. And picked up a stranger.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Her name was Queenie, and she was everything I\u2019m not: reckless, impulsive, and chaotic. We did shots and traded secrets. And ended up naked at my place.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She left me a thank-you note in the morning and her panties as a parting gift. But no way to contact her.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Six weeks later I\u2019m sitting in the first official team meeting of the season, and there she is. I neglected to mention that I\u2019m the goalie for Seattle\u2019s NHL team.<\/p><p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And Queenie? Turns out she\u2019s the general manager\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/smitten-top-pick-banner-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"296\" height=\"72\" \/><\/p> <hr \/> <p><strong>Release Date:<\/strong> May 12, 2020<br \/><strong>Series:<\/strong>\u00a0<em>All In<br \/><\/em><strong>Book:\u00a0<\/strong>3<br \/><strong>Heat Level:<\/strong>\u00a0Hot<br \/><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Amazon Publishing<br \/><strong>Imprint:<\/strong> Montlake<br \/><strong>Price:<\/strong>\u00a0$3.99<\/p> <hr \/> <p>\u00a0<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>This series just continues to win! Every book stands on its own but brings the series further along. I eagerly await each addition.<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Queenie<\/strong> holds a lot insecurities from her childhood. Her mother was flighty and left her to be raised by her father. His career in sports got derailed but he became the general manager of Seattle\u2019s hockey team. Queenie takes after her mother; she is the wildcard and depends heavily on her father. After losing her job, it looks like she will be leaning on him again.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hockey player <strong>Ryan King<\/strong> discovered his life isn\u2019t what it has always appeared to be. Pretending to drown out his sorrows, he meets Queenie. They share a secret for a secret and the next thing he knows he shares a wild night of sex.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Queenie\u2019s new job lands her in another situation but unfortunately daddy won\u2019t be able to help her out. She is her father\u2019s new assistant and seeing Ryan again does a number on her. In fact, her father has initiated a straight up hands off approach to dating any of the players. Just when she thought she wouldn\u2019t mess it up again!<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ryan is not my normal kind of hero. He is just too strait-laced but oh does the author make it so easy to fall in love with him. He anchors Queenie and is the perfect fit. Not to mention just because he is the good guy doesn\u2019t mean he is not dirty between the sheets. Oh my goodness! The chemistry is smoking hot!<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The only thing stopping me from giving this a full five stars is that the issue with them not being able to date is quickly gone. The small drama from some other characters is kind of thrown in to give angst but that falls short.<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\">I loved that we got to see couples from the past books and even from the initial series. I hope we get more books in the series.<\/p> <p><em>~ Samantha<\/em><\/p> <p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><br \/><br \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3fL8bMW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25384","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25384"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25384\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25384"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25384"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25384"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}